-  Date of birth: April, 6, 1964   

- Native land: Pho Khanh commune, Duc Pho district, Quang Ngai province 

- Date of Party admission: November 29, 1996; date of official membership: November 29, 1997 

- Education: PhD

- Political theory: bachelor

- Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (12th tenure); 

- Deputy to the National Assembly (14th tenure)   

Professional career

January, 1988 – April, 1994: works at the Industry and Trade Office under the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry

April, 1994 – June, 1999: works ar the Foreign Economic Department under the Ministry of Planning and Investment

June, 1999 – June, 2000: Deputy Director of the Institute on Strategic Research and Industrial Policies under the Ministry of Industry

June, 2000 – May, 2008: Deputy Head, then Acting Head, and Head of the General Economic Department;  Consul General of Viet Nam at San Francisco, the U.S. 

May, 2008 – August, 2010: Vice Chairman of the Can Tho People’s Committee

August, 2010 – April, 2016: Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade cum Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission  

April, 2016 – present: Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Industry and Trade./.